Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025

Lot 270

An Igala anthropomorphic mirror box

Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £889

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Description

An Igala anthropomorphic mirror box
Dekina district, Kwara, Nigeria
with a carved head finial with a large crest and pierced ears, to a box base, with all-over carved decoration, formally with a mirror, with a cover having a central metal wire loop, 40cm high, on a stand. (3)

Provenance
Pace Primitive Gallery, New York.
Peter-Michael Boyd, Seattle / San Francisco.
Christie's, Paris, Art Africain et Oceanien, 16 Jun 2009, lot 47.
John-Paul Raad Collection, London.

Published
AHDRC database - No. 0092959.